2018 Draft and Offseason Primer – Observe Hockey Weblog

Beforehand we made a mock draft which might be discovered right here:

https://trackhockey.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/7-round-2018-nhl-draft-rankings

Now, we’re going to give you our opinion on every workforce for this offseason, which incorporates the draft, in addition to free company, and eventually the quiet time of summer season.

Japanese Convention

Atlantic

Boston Bruins

• Prime prospects: Urho Vaakanainen, Anders Bjork, Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson
• First Rounder: N/A
• Crew wants this offseason: offload cap to allow them to signal Kovalchuk
• Finest commerce chip: Jake Debarks

Buffalo Sabres

• Prime prospects: Casey Mittlestadt, Alex Nylander, Brendan Guhle
• First Rounder: 1st Total
• Choice: Rasmus Dahlin
• Crew wants this offseason: picks, numerous picks
• Finest commerce chip: Ryan O’Reilly

Detroit Crimson Wings

• Prime prospects: Michael Rasmussen, Dennis Cholowski, Evgeny Svechnikov
• First Rounder: sixth
• Choice: Brady Tkachuk or Adam Boqvist
• Crew wants this offseason: youthful, quicker defensemen
• Finest commerce chip: Andreas Anthanasiou

Florida Panthers

• Prime prospects: Owen Tippet, Henrik Borgstrom, Aleksi Heponiemi
• First Rounder: fifteenth
• Choice: Vitali Kravtsov or Joel Farabee
• Crew wants this offseason: extra depth throughout
• Finest commerce chip: 1st rounder and Alex Petrovic

Montreal Canadiens

• Prime prospects: Ryan Poehling, Nikita Scherbak, Noah Juulsen
• First Rounder: third
• Choice: Jesperi Kotkainiemi or Quinn Hughes or Filip Zadina
• Crew wants this offseason: a brand new gm, however a 1C will work too
• Finest commerce chip: Max Pacioretty

Ottawa Senators

• Prime prospects: Colin White, Logan Brown, Alex Formenton
• First Rounder: 4th
• Choice: Whoever the Habs don’t take, Oliver Wahlstrom or Noah Dobson
• Crew wants this offseason: objective scoring, it is a main problem for this workforce
• Finest commerce chip: Erik Karlsson or Mark Stone

Tampa Bay Lightning

• Prime prospects: Cal Foote, Taylor Raddysh, Mathieu Joseph
• First Rounder: N/A
• Crew wants this offseason: they actually solely want a bit extra luck and a few defensive depth
• Finest commerce chip: Cal Foote

Toronto Maple Leafs

• Prime prospects: Kasperi Kapanen, Timothy Liljegren, Andreas Johnsson,
• First Rounder: twenty fifth
• Choice: Grigori Denisenko or Mattias Samuelsson or Ty Dellandrea
• Crew wants this offseason: defensive depth
• Finest commerce chip: Connor Brown

Metropolitan

Carolina Hurricanes

• Prime prospects: Martin Necas, Jake Bean, Janne Kuokkanen
• First Rounder: 2nd
• Choice: Andrei Svechnikov
• Crew wants this offseason: scoring threats
• Finest commerce chip: Jeff Skinner

Columbus Blue Jackets

• Prime prospects: Gabriel Carlsson, Alexandre Texier, Vitaly Abramov
• First Rounder: 18th
• Choice: Rasmus Kupari or Joe Veleno
• Crew wants this offseason: ahead depth
• Finest commerce chip: Artemi Panarin

New Jersey Devils

• Prime prospects: Micheal McLeod, John Quenneville, Joey Anderson
• First Rounder: seventeenth
• Choice: Bode Wilde or Vitali Kravtsov
• Crew wants this offseason: somebody to assist Taylor Corridor
• Finest commerce chip: 1st rounder or Damon Severson

New York Islanders

• Prime prospects: Kieffer Bellows, Ilya Sorokin, Josh Ho-Sang
• First Rounder: eleventh and twelfth
• Choice: Ty Smith or Barret Hayton or whoever falls as a result of somebody will
• Crew wants this offseason: goaltending
• Finest commerce chip: considered one of their two 1st’s or Josh Ho-Sang

New York Rangers

• Prime prospects: Lias Andersson, Filip Chytil, Libor Hajek
• First Rounder: ninth and twenty sixth and twenty eighth
• Choice: Oliver Wahlstrom or Noah Dobson or Jesperi Kotkainiemi or a faller and Dominik Ebook or Ryan Merkley or Akil Thomas or Jonathan Berggren
• Crew wants this offseason: youth
• Finest commerce chip: Mats Zucarello

Philadelphia Flyers

• Prime prospects: Carter Hart, Morgan Frost, German Rubtsov
• First Rounder: nineteenth and 14th
• Choice: Rasmus Sandin or Serron Noel or Joel Farabee or Bode Wilde
• Crew wants this offseason: two method wingers
• Finest commerce chip: Wayne Simmonds

Pittsburgh Penguins

• Prime prospects: Daniel Sprong, Tristan Jarry, Zach Aston-Reese
• First Rounder: N/A
• Crew wants this offseason: defence
• Finest commerce chip: Phil Kessel

Washington Capitals

• Prime prospects: Ilya Samsonov, Lucas Johansen, Connor Hobbs
• First Rounder: thirty first
• Choice: Ryan McLeod or Filip Halander
• Crew wants this offseason: cap aid
• Finest commerce chip: Matt Niskanen

Western Convention

Central

Chicago Blackhawks

• Prime prospects: Henri Jokiharju, Tim Soderlund, Dylan Sikura
• First Rounder: eighth
• Choice: Evan Bouchard or Ty Smith
• Crew wants this offseason: cap aid
• Finest commerce chip: 1st rounder or Brandon Saad

Colorado Avalanche

• Prime prospects: Cale Makar, Shane Bowers, Conor Timmins
• First Rounder: sixteenth
• Choice: Isac Lundestrom or Vitali Kravtsov
• Crew wants this offseason: objective scoring
• Finest commerce chip: Tyson Barrie

Dallas Stars

• Prime prospects: Miro Heiskanen, Denis Gurianov, Riley Tufte
• First Rounder: thirteenth
• Choice: Whoever falls from the highest 10 projected gamers
• Crew wants this offseason: defence
• Finest commerce chip: Valeri Nichushkin

Minnesota Wild

• Prime prospects: Kirill Kaprisov, Jordan Greenway, Luke Kunin
• First Rounder: twenty fourth
• Choice: Serron Noel or Jacob Bernard-Docker
• Crew wants this offseason: dynamic forwards
• Finest commerce chip: Matt Dumba

Nashville Predators

• Prime prospects: Eeli Tolvanen, Dante Fabbro, Patrick Harper
• First Rounder: N/A
• Crew wants this offseason: higher objective scoring and constant goalies
• Finest commerce chip: Dante Fabbro

St. Louis Blues

• Prime prospects: Jordan Kyrou, Klim Kostin, Robert Thomas
• First Rounder: twenty ninth
• Choice: Akil Thomas or Okay’Andre Miller
• Crew wants this offseason: depth
• Finest commerce chip: Tage Thompson

Winnipeg Jets

• Prime prospects:  Kristian Vesalainen, Jack Roslovic, Logan Stanley
• First Rounder: N/A
• Crew wants this offseason: backside 6 gamers and LD
• Finest commerce chip: Jacob Trouba

Pacific

Anaheim Geese

• Prime prospects: Sam Metal, Jacob Larsson, Troy Terry
• First Rounder: twenty third
• Choice: Grigori Denisenko or Martin Kaut or Dominik Bokk
• Crew wants this offseason: cap aid and youth
• Finest commerce chip: Corey Perry or Josh Manson

Arizona Coyotes

• Prime prospects: Dylan Strome, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Nick Merkley
• First Rounder: fifth
• Choice: Filip Zadina or Oliver Wahlstrom or Quinn Hughes
• Crew wants this offseason: defensive depth however principally simply participant development
• Finest commerce chip: Niklas Hjarmalsson

Calgary Flames

• Prime prospects: Rasmus Andersson, Jusso Valimaki, Adam Fox
• First Rounder: N/A
• Crew wants this offseason: higher scoring all through the lineup
• Finest commerce chip: Rasmus Andersson

Edmonton Oilers

• Prime prospects: Kailer Yamamoto, Tyler Benson, Caleb Jones
• First Rounder: tenth
• Choice: Noah Dobson or Adam Boqvist or Vitali Kravtsov
• Crew wants this offseason: scoring wingers and prime 4 defensemen and for somebody to take Milan Lucic
• Finest commerce chip: Jesse Pulijarvi and the first rounder

Los Angeles Kings

• Prime prospects: Gabriel Vilardi, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Kale Clague
• First Rounder: twentieth
• Choice: Rasmus Kupari or Serron Noel
• Crew wants this offseason: higher workforce velocity
• Finest commerce chip: Jeff Carter

San Jose Sharks

• Prime prospects: Josh Norris, Mario Ferraro, Jeremy Roy
• First Rounder: twenty first
• Choice: Grigori Denisenko or Alexander Alexeyev
• Crew wants this offseason: a prime 6 ahead
• Finest commerce chip: Justin Braun

Vancouver Canucks

• Prime prospects: Elias Pettersson, Olli Juolevi, Jonathan Dahlen
• First Rounder: seventh
• Choice: Adam Boqvist or Oliver Wahlstrom
• Crew wants this offseason: youth and picks
• Finest commerce chip: Chris Tanev

Vegas Golden Knights

• Prime prospects: Cody Glass, Nicolas Hague, Erik Brannstrom
• First Rounder: N/A
• Crew wants this offseason: prime 6 forwards
• Finest commerce chip: Nick Suzuki